Sir Louis Petch,
KCB (16 August 1913 – 29 March 1981) was an English civil servant. Educated at
Peterhouse, Cambridge
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, he entered the civil service in 1937 and moved to the Treasury in 1945, becoming Second Secretary in 1966. He was Second
Permanent Secretary
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of the
Civil Service Department
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from 1968 to 1969, chairman of the
Board of Customs and Excise
HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was t ...
from 1969 to 1973, and chairman of the
Parole Board A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdiction ...
from 1974 to 1979.
"Petch, Sir Louis"
'' Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press
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, 2021). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
References
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1913 births
1981 deaths
English civil servants
Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath